Eichhorn

Isabel L. "Ish" Eichhorn, 92, formerly of Butler, passed away Wednesday at Concordia Lutheran Ministries in Cabot.

Isabel was born March 23, 1917, in Leasureville, Winfield Township, to the late John and Myrtle (Cypher) Hesselgesser.

She graduated from Winfield Township High School in 1936 and attended the Griffin Cosmetology College in Pittsburgh, where she graduated in 1937.

In 1942, she married George B. Eichhorn, and they made their home in Butler, where she was a beautician for 20 years.

She lived in Butler for 60 years until moving to a Concordia apartment in Cabot in 1999.

After the death of her husband, Isabel was a volunteer at the Butler Memorial Hospital. She also was a former member of the hospital auxiliary, a member of the Tanglewood Senior Center, a 60-year member of the United Church of Christ in Butler and a member of the Golden Circle of that church.

Survivors include her three nieces, Ann Hesselgesser (John) Wagner of Albuquerque, N.M., Nancy Hesselgesser (George) Price of Harlingen, Texas, and Jane Thompson Bures-Hunt of Sarver; and two nephews, David G. Murray of Sanders, Ariz., and John (Pat) Hesselgesser of Spokane, Wash. Isabel also is survived by her dear friends, Janice and Bill Hetrick and family of Butler, and extended members of her late husband's family.

In addition to her parents, Isabel was preceded in death in 1986 by her husband of 44 years; a brother, Harold "Huck" Hesselgesser in 1949; a sister, Mary Hesselgesser Thompson in 2007; and a niece, Susan Hesselgesser Huff in 2000.

<B>EICHHOR</B>N — Friends of Isabel L. "Ish" Eichhorn, who died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, will be received from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Immediately following the viewing, services will be held at the funeral home with the Rev. Jack Hartman of Concordia Lutheran Ministries officiating. Burial will be private.Her family suggests memorials to the Concordia Lutheran Ministries, 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16203 or to the Good Samaritan Hospice, 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16203.Due to sidewalk construction, please use the Locust Street entrance to the funeral home parking lot. Thank you.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.